Celestia watched as Ryan dressed himself; throwing on a clean pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt. She wondered what was going through his mind right now. She knew that tonight was supposed to be his and Luna's second date, but if that's the case why was he dressing so casually? Shouldn't he be wearing a suit? This time around Ryan was the one setting everything up, so she had no clue what was going to happen.

"If you two are going on a date then shouldn't you be wearing something more formal?" Celestia asked, completely unaware of Ryan's plans for the evening.

"I would, but I don't think you'd like what would happen to it in the process." He explained. "From what I can see, Luna is allot like me, so fancy dinners at expensive restaurants are not the way to go. I prefer little more adventure than that, and if she is the way I'm actually perceiving her, then she will prefer this alternative."

Celestia couldn't help but giggle a bit at this. He was really doing his best to search for things her sister would enjoy doing. "Look at you; analyzing my sister and trying to please her. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're really starting to like her." She teased.

Ryan put on a serious expression. "Actually, I am known for being a notorious woman beater. I like to take my women out into the middle of the woods and bludgeon them half to death with a baseball bat covered in nails."

...well damn...

Wow...She knew that he wasn't being serious, but in her eyes joking like that was just uncalled for. "That was not funny." She said, wearing a serious expression of her own.

"It was to me!" He replied with a laugh. Once that was out of his system he picked up the bag he had with him upon his arrival and started throwing a bunch of items out of it. "No, no, nope. Don't need you, don't need you...might need you."

She watched as he threw a multitude of items out of his bag; a plastic block with a cord on it, a small black umbrella, a plastic bag with toiletries, sewing supplies, a small knife with a skull handle, a mallet, a pick hammer, a rusty hatchet. "What in the wide wide world of Equestria would you need any of those for?"

"Believe it or not, everything in this bag has saved my sweet ass at least once." He said, pulling out his brothers handgun and examining it. He thought back to the day that he had avenged his brothers death by taking out the bastards that killed him. Thinking back, he had pulled the gun out on one of them, but only pulled the trigger once.

Ryan opened the magazine to see that it was one bullet short of being full before pushing it back in and making sure the safety was still on. This would be coming with him. It was all he had left to remember his brother. With that in mind he shoved it into the bag and went over to grab a spare set of clothes.

Celestia couldn't help but eye the weapon. She had no idea what it was, but she could see that it meant allot to Ryan from the look in his eyes when he grabbed it. She decided it would probably be best not to ask about it. In fact, what she thought was important was the fact that Ryan was grabbing some of his own clothes as well as some that belonged to Luna.

"Ryan, why do you have a pair of my sisters clothing?" She asked, seeing the black shorts and tank top he grabbed from on top of his dresser hidden among his own.

"Backup." He simply replied, shoving the clothing into his bag. "Where we're going, we might need something to change into afterward."

"Where are you going?" She finally asked, her curiosity finally getting the better of her.

Ryan sighed. "If you must know, I am taking her on a hike through the woods." He could see a look of fear come across Celestia's features, but quickly corrected his error. "I'm not taking her to the Everfree or anything like that, I already know enough about that place to keep it off limits. But, I did find a wooded area nearby and I thought it would be a nice place to hangout for a bit."

Celestia seemed to calm down as he said this. She was worried that the two were about to get themselves killed for a moment there. Maybe letting Ryan wander around outside and socializing with other ponies was a good thing. He seemed to be learning more and more about Equestria every time he went out.

With her nerves now settled and the thoughts of them running into a potentially dangerous situation now out of her mind, she smiled up at the human. "Very well. Just promise me that you will be careful and come home safely."

Ryan shrugged. "I can promise you that we will come back, but that's about it." He said as he leaned onto his bed, using his arms to keep him in a somewhat standing position.

Celestia raised a brow at him. "What do you mean? I thought you said you were just going on a hike."

He chuckled a bit. "Sweetheart, if you only you knew how me and my friends would go on hikes."

Ryan hit the ground hard, rolling as he did so to reduce the impact as much as he could. Doing this though only made his body tumble down the hill until he slammed into a collapsed tree at the bottom. With his body slightly beat up and scratched a little bit of everywhere, he rolled onto his back and looked up at the sky. It was difficult to see with all of the surrounding trees, but there was enough room for him to get a good eyeful of the bright sun above him.

"Ryan!"

"Holy shit, is he still breathing?"

He looked over to find the source of the voices that echoed through the woods. Both had come from on top of a two story rock at the top of the hill. These voices belonged to two of Ryan's friends. Both stood slightly taller than him. The oldest was Reggie, he had short brown hair and was dressed in all black, minus a vest that was half black and half grey. The second voice belonged to Alex, the youngest of the group who had black hair and donned a pair of red and black pants, a black shirt, and a red beanie.

Ryan lifted his right hand toward them before promptly raising his middle finger to the two.

"Yep, he's fine."

"Asshole!"

He chuckled as the they made their way down to him. He had more than enough time to pull himself back to his feet and inspect his body. Aside from a few cuts and bruises he was in perfect condition. Thank god he left his phone in the car, otherwise it would have been destroyed.

That was really, REALLY stupid. You could have just climbed down, but nooo. Mr. Badass over here has to jump off like a fuckin' retard!

Ryan couldn't help but laugh at that moment. He knew what he had done was stupid as all hell, but fuck it, it was fun. He took a seat on the collapsed tree he had become very well acquainted with and waited for his friends to come down to his level.

The first to get to him was Reggie who took one look at Ryan's beat-up body and laughed at him. "Man that was funnier than hell. You rolled down this motherfucker like a rag-doll."

Alex made it over shortly after. "Dude, are you okay? That looked like it hurt."

Ryan nodded, "Oh it did, it hurt allot." He said with a smile, "But we still got a full day ahead of us and I aint ready to stop."

"That's the spirit!" Reggie yelled holding out a hand to help Ryan back to his feet. "Alright, how about we go down the the creek and see if we can't climb out way over to the other side again."

"Sounds like a plan."

Despite the memories of home and his friends, Ryan found himself barely missing any of it. He was always very quick to adapt to things on a mental level. He didn't know how he was able to do it, but it came in handy so he would rather just accept it as it is than question it and end up fucking himself in the long run.

As he thought back to his life on earth, he remained seated just outside of the castle walls, waiting for Luna to arrive so he could commence his plan. He looked up at the night sky, seeing countless stars and the bright white moon just above him. He always loved to look up at the moon, even as a child he felt he had some sort of connection with it. Even as he got older he still basked in its glory. Some nights he would go outside with a plastic chair and just stare at it for hours upon hours. Sometimes he would even find himself talking to it, just speaking about random nothings into the night sky.

Luna arrived after a short while wearing her signature outfit; Black shorts and tank top with a small black jacket. As she made her way over to Ryan she could see that he was staring blankly at the moon. This made her blush slightly. Every night when she went to see him he was always like this, just sitting outside and staring longingly at the moon, her moon.

She made her way over to his side and tapped his shoulder, making him jump slightly as he looked over to her. She giggled a bit, he was always easily startled when he wasn't paying attention. "Hello, Ryan." She said with a grin. "I believe you and I have a date to commence."

"Damn right." He replied with a smile. "Come on."

The two walked for nearly fifteen minutes before coming upon a forest. This confused Luna a bit. He had told her to dress as she normally would and to be ready. She wasn't exactly sure what he meant by ready, but if this was going to be anything like the last date they were on it would involve allot of physical activity.

She looked around at the heavily wooded area. "What are we-" Before she could finish her question Ryan took off into the forest, sprinting through the trees as if he were being chased.

Luna couldn't help but smile at this. So tonight is going to be fun. She took off after him, watching as he dodged trees and leaped over obstacles to get to wherever he was going. Mimicking his movements she was able to catch up to him in record time, soon running by his side.

The two glanced at each other and shot the other a smile before continuing their run. They soon came to a small clearing where a creek had formed, likely many years ago. Ryan's eyes quickly scanned the area for a way around or otherwise. He spotted a low hanging branch near the center of the creek and picked up speed, making himself run a bit further ahead than Luna. He leaped up and grabbed the branch, using it to propel his body forward. Once he let go his body flew right over the clear waters below and he landed on the other side, stopping to wait for Luna.

Luna was able to spot the branch thanks to Ryan's previous actions and decided to try out his tactics rather than simply flying over. She leaped up and grabbed the branch, only for it to break and send her plummeting into the water. The current wasn't strong, and was only deep enough to meet her chest. She re-surfaced and took a breath, a slight blush of embarrassment spreading across her face as Ryan looked down at her and laughed.

She heard a slight clicking sound and a soft thud before looking up to see Ryan jumping into the creek. "Cannon ball!"

Ryan made a large splash as he hit the water. However, he had no idea how shallow it was, resulting in his a rather painful meeting between his ass and the soaked gravel below. He re-surfaced with a pained expression. "Ow...fuck!"

Now it was Luna's turn to laugh at him, earning herself a splash to the face from the human. She looked over at him as he glared at her with a playful expression on his face. She shot him the same look, accepting his challenge before splashing him back. This war went on for several minutes before Ryan could finally get close enough to tackle Luna, holding both of them under the water.

He released her when the need for air became too much and they re-surfaced, gasping for air.

Luna, doing her best to catch her breath was then grabbed from behind. At first she thought Ryan was attacking once again, but found that he followed up with nothing. He was just standing there, holding her. She could help but smile as he wrapped his arms around her and held her in place.

She made him loosen his grip, allowing her to turn around. They both stood there for a moment, just holding each other and enjoying the others company.

Ryan pulled back slightly, allowing him to look into Luna's eyes. She really was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. He couldn't figure out why he was so attracted to her or why he was so comfortable around her. Frankly, he didn't care. He was happy to have someone like this in his life, someone he could talk to and be himself with. Someone who looked pretty damn sexy in shorts, especially soaking wet.

Are you just gonna stand here with your thumb up your ass? Kiss the girl, you faggot!

He smiled, doing his best not to laugh at his own thoughts and pulled her closer to him, planting a gentle kiss on her lips. Luna was eagerly waiting for him to do this and recuperated in response, pulling herself deeper into their oral embrace.

Once the two were done sharing this romantic moment they climbed out of the water. Luna made a comment about how they were going to be soaked all night, but that's when Ryan's master plan came into fruition. He more expected them to get covered in dirt and mud, but this was just as good a reason. He pulled out the spare clothing he had grabbed and handed Luna hers. They then went their seperate ways to get changed.

Ryan couldn't help but peek over at Luna as she changed, watching her slim wet form strip down to literally nothing. Her naked body was practically glowing in the moonlight, showing off all of her wonderful curves; from her large perky breasts to her soft round flanks. The way she moved though was what really drew him in, it was almost like she was putting on a show. He forced himself to stop staring when he felt his excitement rising and went on to changing into his dry clothes.

She could feel his gaze on her and honestly she didn't mind it in the slightest. She loved the fact that they were connecting on an emotional level, but knowing that he found her physically attractive felt good. It made her feel desirable. With this in mind she made sure to strip down slowly to tease him and even positioned her body so that he could get a nice view of her figure from the side. When she felt his gaze leave her she decided it was only fair to look in turn.

Luna peeked over and watched his wet fur-less form removed his clothing. He wasn't the strongest looking creature she had ever seen, but his body had an appealing tone to it. His biceps were well shaped and his stomach was showing where a six pack was trying to force its way onto him. His little friend seemed a bit smaller than it was when they had their incident a few days ago, but that was likely due to the cold water they were just in.

Ryan felt as though he was being watched. Usually when he felt this it was because someone was out to get him and he would start frantically looking around for whoever was trailing him. Not this time though, this one seemed almost comforting, never the less he re-position himself soon after sliding on a dry pair of pants.

The front of his body had a very decent tone to it, the back of his body was a whole other story. His muscles were very well defined, he could probably pick up both her and her sister with little effort. The perverse thoughts that soon flooded her mind after that became too much and she averted her gaze.

Once they were both dressed and mostly dried off Ryan stuffed the wet clothes in his bag and threw it over his shoulder. They continued their journey to wherever Ryan was taking them, this time walking and having idle conversations on their way. Luna tried to ask him where he was taking them, but he refused to tell her.

They eventually came to a hill where the trees seemed to lessen in number the higher they went. Once the made it to the top there were no trees around them. Just the open air and the sky above. Ryan made his way to the highest pint and tossed his bag to the ground before planting himself on the ground, patting the spot next to him so Luna would join him.

She smiled and sat by his side and they looked up at the night sky, once again in complete silence, just enjoying each others presence. Luna felt Ryan's arm slide over her shoulder and she leaned into him. "Tonight has been lovely. Thank you, Ryan."

He chuckled before responding. "If anything I should be thanking you."

She gave him a curious look. "Why?"

"Well, if I didn't have someone like you at my side then I'd just be out here all alone."

"You're the one who brought us out here." She commented.

"Yes, but you're the whole reason I wanted to." He snapped back.

"You're still the one who brought me though!"

And so they went on, having another one of their verbal assault challenges. Ryan couldn't help starting these, he enjoyed pestering her. Luna would never admit it to him, but she enjoyed them just as much. Being able to have playful arguments was not just fun, but it made them feel closer.

Deep within the castle a portal opened, rippling time and space around it as it did so. It began to close, but before it did, something fell through, something alive. A bipedal figure rose from the ground, looking around the empty room. She had brown hair and dark skin and wore what could only be seen as military combat suit.